| Pronunciation: | | 'safurin
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum-magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
- [adj] made of or resembling sapphire
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SAPPHIRINE is a 10 letter word that starts with S. |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sap"phir*ine\, n.
Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or
any quality of sapphire. ``Sapphirine degree of hardness.''
--Boyle.
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